Ukraine Registered 168,778 Births in 2025, Down 38.4% From 2021; Deaths Ran About 3.5 Times Births in First Half of 2026
Registration data provided by Ukraine's Ministry of Justice in response to a request from the Ukrainian outlet LIGA.net, disclosed on November 8, show that 168,778 births were registered in Ukraine in 2025, down 38.4 percent from 273,772 in 2021, a drop of about 105,000. In the first half of 2026, 73,292 births were registered, about 45 percent fewer than the 133,457 registered in the same period of 2021.
According to the ministry, registered births have fallen every year since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022: 206,032 in 2022, 187,387 in 2023, 176,679 in 2024 and 168,778 in 2025, with the 2026 full-year total expected to come in below 2025.
Ministry registration figures compiled by the data platform Opendatabot show 259,853 deaths registered in the first half of 2026, about 3.5 times the number of births in the same period, for a gap of 186,561. The ministry notes that the registration data do not fully cover children born to Ukrainian families living abroad, nor births in occupied territories.
The Economist recently cited Ella Libanova, director of the Institute of Demography at Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, as assessing that the population of government-controlled territory has fallen from about 37 million to an estimated 27 to 28 million, with fertility down to 0.8 to 0.9 children per woman, well below the replacement level of 2.1; the report identified the mass exodus of refugees, on top of deaths far exceeding births, as the main driver of the decline. (Source: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine)
Source: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
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